THE BIRCH THOMPSON MEMORIAL FUND

Registered charity 512044 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity maintains Gelliwig, a residential centre in Porthmadog, Gwynedd for use by groups of young people from Colton Hills School, Wolverhampton in particular, but a wider area in general.The property is available for hire by bona fide groups catering for young people.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL TRIPS AND HOLIDAYS DESIGNED TO SUPPLEMENT AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS ATTENDING COLTON HILLS SCHOOL. FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE DEED.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total net assets of £461,346 as of 31 March 2025, representing an increase from the previous year's £445,435. The organization reported a surplus for the year of £15,911, driven primarily by rental income and donations. Free reserves are indicated by cash at bank totaling £14,865, against current liabilities of £13,708.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Morris
• DILYS WILLIAMS
• DUANE WILLIAMS
• DUKE ST CLAIRE JACKSON
• Hannah Willetts
• JANE MARGARET STRINGER
• KEITH BERRY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lucy Elizabeth Heeley
• MR JEET KUMAR
• PAULA MARY DAVIES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Ian Thacker
• Rakesh Kumar Kapoor
• Tamika Grundy
• WILLIAM GERALD O'HARA

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Gwynedd · Wolverhampton

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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